Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] the [adj] rate " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has no calories of its own , but it does slow down the metabolic rate , making it harder to burn up the calories you do consume . |
| 2 | However , if weight loss is excessive , then muscle tissue rather than fat tissue is lost , and this in turn will slow down the metabolic rate , making it more difficult to lose weight thereafter . |
| 3 | Going on to a weight-reducing diet actually reduces the rates of hormone production by the thyroid , and in turn slows down the metabolic rate . |
| 4 | This was largely done by driving down the case-fatality rate ( as was done also with diphtheria ) but by cutting the prevalence of diseases even greater successes were won . |
| 5 | it does n't matter what building society you go to , you 're gon na be paying basically the same rate . |
| 6 | You can also step up the feeding rate , but do so gradually and keep a check on your water . |
| 7 | Reforming the tax system in order to reduce sharply the standard rate of tax is considered in Part IV . |
| 8 | This is common at the beginning of a behaviour change programme to enhance the process and speed up the initial rate of change . |
| 9 | The last Labour Government put up the standard rate to 35p . |
| 10 | I note that , unlike the Labour party , when the hon. Gentleman 's party advocates increased public spending , it is at least honest enough to say that it will put up the basic rate of tax . |
| 11 | His party says that it will put up the basic rate of tax . |
| 12 | Yet , at the same time , it said that if there were a coalition Government , it would stop the Labour party putting up the higher rate of tax . |
| 13 | The point implicit in the hon. Gentleman 's question is : what is the point of putting up the top rate of tax if one raises less revenue ? |
| 14 | The expectations hypothesis may be a good starting point , but it assumes that individuals who take unhedged positions in futures markets ( i.e. speculators ) expect on average to earn only the risk-free rate . |
| 15 | But the Chancellor is now believed to be planning to bring in the full rate straight away . |
| 16 | Work out the minimum rate of descent for this outbound leg . |
| 17 | He established a dummy Swiss company , Lake Resources Inc , through which he laundered vast sums of cash from shady middlemen and arms dealers , right-wing American bigots , and the enormous profits out of the arms ' shipments to the Iranians , who had paid twice the going rate for what they bought . |
| 18 | In the older groups Blacks and Whites have virtually the same rate ( 4.4 per cent . |
| 19 | As outlined previously the forward rate is connected to Eurocurrency interest rates . |